Nema-L Subscribers:
This is a great web site if you ever need to do calculations or
conversions. There are even links to/from language translators in
dozens
of languages. Check-out the links to pages on soils.
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/RefCalculators.html
M. McClure
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This is the official job advert for the postdoc position which I
briefly advertised on the list a couple of weeks ago. Further details
can be obtained by contacting me. Please pass it on to anyone you
think may be interested.
David Wharton
AG00/62
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
Te Whare Wananga o Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
Postdoctoral Fellow (Fixed Term for 3 years)
DEPARTMENTS OF ZOOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the
position of Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Zoology and
Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. This
position in the laboratories of Dr David A. Wharton (Zoology) and Dr.
Craig Marshall (Biochemistry), is funded by the Marsden Fund and is
available for three years. Associate investigators on the project
are Dr. Hans Raml=F8v, Roskilde University, Denmark and Prof. John
Barrett of the University of Wales.
The research project entitled "Ice active compounds and the survival
of intracellular freezing in an Antarctic nematode" will involve the
isolation and sequencing of a protein which is involved in the
ability of an Antarctic nematode to survive intracellular freezing
and the investigation of its properties and evolution. The appointee
will have experience in protein purification and molecular biology
techniques. We wish to fill this position by February 2001.
Applicants must have been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
before taking up this position. The salary for Postdoctoral Fellows
is NZ$46,350 per annum (rates effective 1 February 2001).
Specific enquiries may be made to Dr David A. Wharton, Tel 64 3 479
7963, Fax 64 3 479 7584 or email david.wharton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Reference Number: AG00/62 Closing Date: Friday 17 November
2000
METHOD OF APPLICATION
=46urther details regarding this position, the University and the
application procedure are available from the Deputy Director,
Personnel Services, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New
Zealand (Tel 64 3 479 8269, Fax 64 3 474 1607 or email
shannon.oliver@stonebow.otago.ac.nz). Further information about the
University of Otago can be found at our homepage at
http://www.otago.ac.nz
Applicants should send two copies of their curriculum vitae together
with the names, addresses and fax numbers of three referees, to the
Deputy Director of Personnel Services by the specified closing date,
quoting the appropriate reference number.
Equal opportunity in employment is University policy.
E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa
whakaorite whiwhinga mahi.
--
____________________
David Wharton
Department of Zoology
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand.
Tel (064) (03) 479 7963
=46ax (064) (03) 479 7584
david.wharton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
http://www.otago.ac.nz/Zoology/Index.html
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<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+2" color=3D"#000000">This
is
the official job advert for the postdoc position which I briefly
advertised on the list a couple of weeks ago. Further details can be
obtained by contacting me. Please pass it on to anyone you think may
be interested.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+2"
color=3D"#000000"><br></font></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+1"
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</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+2"
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Te Whare Wananga o Otago</b></font><br>
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<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+2"
color=3D"#000000">Dunedin,
New Zealand<br>
<br>
Postdoctoral Fellow (Fixed Term for 3 years)<br>
<br>
<b>DEPARTMENTS OF ZOOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY<br>
<br>
</b>Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for
the
position of Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Zoology and
Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
This
position in the laboratories of Dr David A. Wharton (Zoology) and Dr.
Craig Marshall (Biochemistry), is funded by the Marsden Fund and is
available for three years. Associate investigators on the
project are Dr. Hans Raml=F8v, Roskilde University, Denmark and Prof.
John Barrett of the University of Wales.<br>
<br>
The research project entitled "Ice active compounds and the
survival of intracellular freezing in an Antarctic nematode"
will involve the isolation and sequencing of a protein which is
involved in the ability of an Antarctic</font><font face=3D"Times"
size=3D"+2" color=3D"#000000"> nematode to survive intracellular
freezing
and the investigation of its properties and evolution.</font><font
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+2" color=3D"#000000"> The
appointee
will have experience in protein purification and molecular biology
techniques. We wish to fill this position by February 2001.<br>
<br>
Applicants must have been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
before taking up this position. The salary for Postdoctoral
=46ellows is NZ$46,350 per annum (rates effective 1 February 2001).<br>
<br>
Specific enquiries may be made to Dr David A. Wharton, Tel 64 3 479
7963, Fax 64 3 479 7584 or email<i>
david.wharton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz<br>
<br>
</i>Reference Number:<x-tab> </x-tab>AG00/62<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Closing Date: Friday 17 November 2000<br>
<br>
METHOD OF APPLICATION<br>
<br>
=46urther details regarding this position, the University and the
application procedure are available from the Deputy Director,
Personnel Services, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New
Zealand (Tel 64 3 479 8269, Fax 64 3 474 1607 or email<i>
shannon.oliver@stonebow.otago.ac.nz</i>). Further information
about the University of Otago can be found at our homepage at<i>
http://www.otago.ac.nz<br>
<br>
</i>Applicants should send two copies of their curriculum vitae
together with the names, addresses and fax numbers of three referees,
to the Deputy Director of Personnel Services by the specified closing
date, quoting the appropriate reference number. <br>
<br>
<i>Equal opportunity in employment is University policy.<br>
<br>
E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa<br>
whakaorite whiwhinga mahi.</i></font><br>
<font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"+2"
color=3D"#000000"><i></i></font></div>
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____________________<br>
David Wharton<br>
Department of Zoology<br>
University of Otago<br>
P.O. Box 56<br>
Dunedin, New Zealand.<br>
Tel (064) (03) 479 7963<br>
=46ax (064) (03) 479 7584<br>
david.wharton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz<br>
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:47:42 -0700
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A list of new articles to appear in the next issue of the Journal of
Nematology (Sept. 2000) has been posted on the Journal's web page
(http://www.ianr.unl.edu/son/jon.htm). Simply click the "Upcoming in
the
Journal of Nematology" link. We hope you continue to find this
"preview"
service useful.
Bradley C. Hyman
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nematology
Department of Biology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
phone: 909-787-5911
FAX: 909-787-3719
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~bio/faculty/Hyman.html
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:00:38 -0400
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Brad:
The listing of upcoming article in JON is helpful - keep it
going.
Grover Smart
At 10:47 AM 10/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
>A list of new articles to appear in the next issue of the Journal
of
>Nematology (Sept. 2000) has been posted on the Journal's web page
>(http://www.ianr.unl.edu/son/jon.htm). Simply click the "Upcoming
in the
>Journal of Nematology" link. We hope you continue to find this "preview"
>service useful.
>Bradley C. Hyman
>Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nematology
>Department of Biology
>University of California
>Riverside, CA 92521
>
>phone: 909-787-5911
>FAX: 909-787-3719
>
>
>
>
>http://cnas.ucr.edu/~bio/faculty/Hyman.html
>
>Visit our Website at http://ianrwww.unl.edu/son/jon.htm
>
Dr. Grover C. Smart, Jr.
University of Florida
Entomology and Nematology Department
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
PO Box 110620
Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
Tel: (352) 392-1901 x 118
Fax: (352) 392-0190
Email: gradc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:57:51 -0400
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To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Jim Campbell, and I am working on my MS in Biology at Angelo
State University in San Angelo, Texas. The project focuses on the
phylogeny
of collared lizards and their parasites. One of the parasites is an
endoparasitic worm. I hope to amplify segments of its mt genome, but
I
have
had difficulty performing successful genomic extractions. I have
isolated
the DNA with a protocol from Blouin, and the DNA is of the best quality
of
any extractions I have ever seen. This process includes only lysis
buffer
and Proteinase K treatment. Supposedly, the lysate can be used directly
in
a
PCR. First of all, the DNA degrades several days after incubation with
Proteinase K, and DNA concentrations are initially low. Secondly, I
have
been using degenerate primers that supposedly amplify regions of mtDNA
from
many animals, but the PCR refuses to amplify anything. Not even smudges
appear on agarose gels. I would greatly appreciate any guidance with
my
genomic preps - a protocol or citation of a protocol. In addition,
any
PCR
primer sequences that you could give me might cure the amplification
problem.
Thank you.
Jim Campbell
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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 14:09:22 -0600
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Howdy,
I have some questions before I give you a suggestion:
1) does your PCR reaction actually work? Positive control?.
2) degenerate primers?....Ta=25 C and you should have lots of bands.
Ivan
Dr. Ivan Bendezu
Texas A & M University
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:20:33 -0700
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Dear All,
On October 25th we are moving from Belgium to the United States. Our
new
work address from that date onwards will be:
Department of Nematology
University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Department Fax: +1 909 787 3719
Our UCR phone number and email addresses will only be assigned after
our
arrival, so until then we can be reached through the following web-based
email addresses:
ideley@yahoo.com
pauldl@e247.com
For important and urgent messages to either of us, it is best to send
to
both addresses. Also, please note that Paul's current email account
(paul.deley@rug.ac.be) will be canceled permanently on November 1st.
Best wishes - and apologies to those who may receive this message twice!
Paul and Irma De Ley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Paul De Ley
Vakgroep Biologie
Universiteit Gent
Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent, Belgium
paul.deley@rug.ac.be
NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219
same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The future for those studying microbial
ecology and microbial diversity looks bright.
The question is whether the diversity is
too rich to handle effectively."
Carl Woese
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Dear Paul,
Congradulations to you and your family. We are proud of you.
I am still on my midway towards my Ph.D, my dissertaion is Taxonomy
of
Longidoridae by Morphology and Molecular technology (Sequencing).
Sincerely yours,
Weimin Ye
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>Dear All,
>
>On October 25th we are moving from Belgium to the United States. Our
new
>work address from that date onwards will be:
>
>Department of Nematology
>University of California - Riverside
>Riverside, CA 92521, USA
>
>Department Fax: +1 909 787 3719
>
>Our UCR phone number and email addresses will only be assigned after
our
>arrival, so until then we can be reached through the following web-based
>email addresses:
>
>ideley@yahoo.com
>pauldl@e247.com
>
>For important and urgent messages to either of us, it is best to send
to
>both addresses. Also, please note that Paul's current email account
>(paul.deley@rug.ac.be) will be canceled permanently on November 1st.
>
>Best wishes - and apologies to those who may receive this message
twice!
>
>Paul and Irma De Ley
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Paul De Ley
>Vakgroep Biologie
>Universiteit Gent
>Ledeganckstraat 35
>B-9000 Gent, Belgium
>
>paul.deley@rug.ac.be
>
>NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219
>same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>"The future for those studying microbial
>ecology and microbial diversity looks bright.
>The question is whether the diversity is
>too rich to handle effectively."
>
> Carl Woese
Weimin Ye
Nematology Laboratory,
Department of Plant Pathology,
Plant Science 217,
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
Tel: 001-501-5753991
Fax: 5753348
Email: wye@comp.uark.edu
WWW: http://comp.uark.edu/~wye
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:04:33 -0700
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Hi Paul,
I wish you success in your new position and the best of times in
California!
Best regards,
- Jay -
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:26:06 -0700
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From: "Safia Siddiqi (CABI)" <S.SIDDIQI@CABI.ORG>
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Hello
I am trying to find the correct reference citation for the book which
is
a
collection of papers of Cobb (around 1919-1920). This Contribution
to
Sci.
Nematol. is a publication series.
Any idea about who published this compilation, or how it should be
correctly
cited collectively as a book and/or as individual papers within it,
would
be
welcome.
Thanks!
Safia F Siddiqi
Editor - Crop Protection
CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, OX10 8DE
tel: +44 (0)1491-829391 fax: +44 (0)1491 833508
e-mail: S.Siddiqi@cabi.org http://www.cabi.org
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:40:55 -0400
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Dr. Siddiqi,
We have two copies of this collection in our department. I looked at
them
and as far as I can tell these were individual publications published
as
a
series over a number of years. I think that the whole series was later
bound together for convenience by individual libraries or departments,
similar to what is often done with journals from a particular year.
It
is
my feeling that they should be cited as individual publications and
not
as
a book.
Billy Crow
******************************************************
William T. (Billy) Crow
Landscape Nematologist, University of Florida
Entomology and Nematology Dept.
P.O. Box 110620
Building 970, Natural Area Dr.
Gainesville, FL 32611-0210
(352) 392-1901 ext.138
FAX (352) 392-0190
E-mail: wtcr@ufl.edu
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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 18:20:28 -0200
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From: Elcio Ribeiro <elcio@FASTINTERNET.COM.BR>
Subject: Documentation about banana nematodes
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am
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:24:57 -0700
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Dear Members of the Nematology Community,
I am pleased to inform you that we have established a new link on the
Journal of Nematology web page. Now available are the titles and
authors
of papers to be published in the Annals of Applied Nematology
(Supplement
to the Journal of Nematology). This issue, as in the past, will be
published in Dec. 2000 as a companion to the December issue of the
Journal
of Nematology. You may access this list at:
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/son/jon.htm
and then click the appropriate link: "Upcoming in the Annals...".
We hope you continue to find this preview service useful.
Bradley C. Hyman
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nematology
Department of Biology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
phone: 909-787-5911
FAX: 909-787-3719
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~bio/faculty/Hyman.html
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I am studying ectoparasitic nematodes (Noctuidonema, Vampyronema,
and Acugutturus) of moths and cockroaches. A friend in the UK is
planning a trip to Belize to collect moths and he has agreed to collect
some for me to examine for nematodes. However, the usual preservative,
formalin, is toxic and there are restrictions on shipping it. We both
doubt
that a box of vials containing formalin would pass customs. He is not
certain whether he would be able to find any or (if he did) to prepare
it
as a
10% solution buffered to pH=7. An alternative is alcohol (ethanol,
methanol, or iso-propanol). Have any of you had experience in
preserving
nematodes in alcohol for eventual mounting and microscopic
examination/photography? All my specimens have been preserved in either
buffered formalin or TAF and I have no experience with examination
of
alcohol-preserved material. Any insights or references to procedures
involving nematodes killed in alcohol will be appreciated, as will
suggestions for shipping formalin to Belize. Additionally, I will be
interested
in any information or samples of ectoparasitic nematodes of moths and/or
cockroaches, particularly from Africa and Asia.
Orville G. Marti, Jr., Microbiologist
USDA, ARS, IBPMRL
PO Box 748
Tifton, GA. 31793
omarti@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu
Phone: 912-387-2328 (office)
Phone: 912-387-2350 (lab)
FAX : 912-387-2321
WEB: http://sacs.cpes.peachnet.edu/ibpmrl